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My Experience @AirTight Networks
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Ankur Uttam, B. Tech – Electrical from IIT Kanpur, in AirTight between July2003 and June 2007. Currently doing MBA from IIM Bangalore

“I would rate my 4 years at ATN amongst my most memorable ones. I made a lot of invaluable friends whom I would cherish and remember life long. Being my first job, the general anxiety of entering something new was there. I remember my first day; I wore formals (including a tie) and was greeted with the words “Jatin, tumhara saathi aa gaya”. He was the only one who wore (and sometimes still wears) a tie to office. After looking around, the first thing I did was removed it. I remember the times when we had to share a lot of equipments (including desks and PCs) due to immense shortage all the time. Every time after a vacation, you had to search for a new space to park yourself. There was another privileged lot who had the luxury of a separate room but all of the privileged had to stick to one room ;-). The best thing about the place was the informal culture. I could, as a fresher, walk up to Kiran, Pravin, Samir, and discuss issues and ideas with them. I also remember, the day to day issues were addressed and resolved as a collective effort. This was the first time I met such an experienced set of people together to do something that was very unique to India and the world. It took me time to grasp the whole picture and I was amazed by the entire idea that Wibhu had to put together. As a first step towards our global goals we rechristened ourselves to “AirTight”, though I prefer Wibhu. There are so many successful organizations that have non-English names. It’s the work and not the name of a company that matters.”